American - Physicist | January 13, 1960 -
I missed the basic curiosity of being in the lab.
Eric Betzig
CuriosityMissedBeingBasicLab
There's always something that an engineer can do to make microscopes better.
BetterAlwaysSomethingEngineer
One thing I liked about being in microscopy is it gets you out of your box constantly because there's such a diverse range of applications.
YouBoxOutBeingBecauseOne Thing
In essence, we're imaging the same cell for anywhere from forty to a hundred thousand times to create one of the movies that we see.
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You get so tied up with the minutiae of the day-to-day, there's never a chance to sit back and let your subconscious run wild.
ChanceYouBackRunNeverWild
I really didn't like the academic structure of science, but I realized I loved science and missed science.
ScienceLovedMissedStructureLike
It always irritated me that people think they have to be locked into a career path.
PathPeopleMeThinkCareerAlways
Like you can't have a car that can take the kids to schools on Friday and win the grand prix on Saturday, you can't make a microscope that can do it all.
CarWinFridaySaturdayYouTake
You need a continuous picture of how things are evolving, and not a slow series of snapshots where you don't know how frame A is related to frame B.
SlowPictureYouKnowNeedFrame
Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're happy it just stays out of jail.
HappyBabyThinkEndYouNew
There are many cells you could look at forever in 3D.
YouLookForeverCellsManyCould
It takes a huge amount of effort to move from a successful high-tech prototype to broader adoption of an imaging technology.
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